Not looking good, but...

...if memory serves, Gustav's projected track looks similar (not exact) to what the experts said of Fay's projected track before this happened...

I'm not saying that anyone in LA should cancel their flood insurance policy, I'm just saying there is a chance that those same experts could mess this one up, too.

In the interesting-but-useless facts column...I looked up the names Katrina and Gustav. Katrina is Greek for 'pure'. Gustav is Norse for 'God's staff'. Good luck with this one.

Not funny.

Well, the summer has wrapped up and we're exhausted. The list of activities this year included...Yellowstone and Grand Teton, Philadelphia, Black Mountain NC, soccer camp, spanish camp, reptile and lizard camp, changing jobs and culminating with sending Heather off to Mexico for a week on a mission trip. I'm now officially Mr. Mom. Bonbon, anyone?

I found this little gem on Youtube. Hopefully it works. If so, I'm a genius. If not, blame Ricky. He gave me instructions.

Crane's Roost is inundated. Evidently, it's landlocked with only a pump as its outfall...and the City was ordered to shut the pump off. We used to have a nice little walking trail around the lake with a couple of pedestrian bridges. I say 'used to' because it's all about 4 feet under water. It's strange to look out the office window and see only the tent tops over the walk. I'm not complaining...I could be living in Debary or Deland. At least the tropics are quiet these days....

Fay has come and gone...

So our family went on a little vacation to the Florida Keys for a a few days. Turns out there was this storm coming straight for us... We spent the day Saturday enjoying some awesome snorkeling and diving on a reef about 20 miles off shore. That evening we decided to go into Key West and have some adult fun. The next day was spent on the road along with the rest of the tourist population in mass exodus out of the keys. A drive that normally takes about 3.5 hours took roughly 5 hours. Anyways we roughed out the storm at home in Naples. The storm made landfall in Marco Island which is about 10 minutes away from our house. The next day power was out for about 8 to 10 hours.

Here is a picture of the aftermath on 5th Avenue in downtown Naples. Thats my office there in the background.